2nd Line Support Analyst Contracts

Second Line Support Analyst
UK

The median Second Line Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £190 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 656 751
Rank change year-on-year +112 +95 -90
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 34 60 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 85
10th Percentile £170 £163 £138
25th Percentile £181 £181 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £215 £182
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +18.13% +13.75%
75th Percentile £238 £289 £235
90th Percentile £254 £330 £289
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £200 £168
% change year-on-year -5.00% +19.40% +19.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - £14.38 £15.25
25th Percentile - £14.56 £15.63
Median hourly rate £18.27 £15.13 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +20.79% -19.33% +8.70%
75th Percentile - £15.94 £23.38
90th Percentile - £16.28 £23.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 £14.25 £17.70
% change year-on-year +28.21% -19.49% +10.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

2nd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +90 29 £193 -14.44% 17
UK excluding London +45 21 £190 -5.00% 10
London +101 13 £213 -5.56% 6
Work from Home +130 8 £190 +4.83% 3
Midlands +35 6 £198 - 3
Scotland +33 5 £185 +5.71%
North of England +29 5 £190 -6.75% 1
West Midlands +23 5 £195 - 2
Yorkshire +23 3 £190 -19.15%
South East +16 3 £170 -46.88% 3
North West +26 2 £218 +26.09% 1
South West +20 2 £255 -15.00% 1
East Midlands - 1 £270 - 1

2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 2nd Line Support Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring 2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 30 (88.24%) Microsoft
2 28 (82.35%) Windows
3 22 (64.71%) Social Skills
4 20 (58.82%) Active Directory
5 18 (52.94%) Microsoft Office
6 17 (50.00%) Windows 10
6 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (29.41%) Customer Service
7 10 (29.41%) ITIL
8 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (26.47%) SCCM
9 8 (23.53%) Azure
10 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (20.59%) SLA
11 6 (17.65%) Finance
12 5 (14.71%) VMware
12 5 (14.71%) Apple
12 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (11.76%) OneDrive
13 4 (11.76%) Firewall
13 4 (11.76%) VPN
13 4 (11.76%) DNS
13 4 (11.76%) DHCP
13 4 (11.76%) Law
13 4 (11.76%) Asset Management
13 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
14 3 (8.82%) Android
14 3 (8.82%) Video Conferencing
14 3 (8.82%) Degree
14 3 (8.82%) Investment Management

2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (52.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (23.53%) Azure
3 4 (11.76%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.88%) Asana
4 2 (5.88%) Slack
5 1 (2.94%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) DHCP
1 4 (11.76%) DNS
1 4 (11.76%) Firewall
1 4 (11.76%) VPN
2 3 (8.82%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.88%) Intranet
3 2 (5.88%) Wireless
4 1 (2.94%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 22 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Finance
3 4 (11.76%) Law
4 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.88%) Banking
5 2 (5.88%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Driving Licence
1 3 (8.82%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.88%) iPad
2 2 (5.88%) iPhone
2 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.88%) PDA
3 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 28 (82.35%) Windows
2 17 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (8.82%) Android
4 3 (8.82%) Apple iOS
4 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (5.88%) Mac OS
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.94%) Linux
6 1 (2.94%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Customer Service
1 10 (29.41%) ITIL
2 4 (11.76%) Asset Management
3 3 (8.82%) Investment Management
3 3 (8.82%) ITSM
3 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (8.82%) Service Delivery
4 2 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (5.88%) Data Protection
4 2 (5.88%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (5.88%) ERP
4 2 (5.88%) Information Security
4 2 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (5.88%) Service Management
4 2 (5.88%) Software Testing
4 2 (5.88%) Test Scripting
4 2 (5.88%) Visualisation
4 2 (5.88%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) A+ Certification
2 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) MCP
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 20 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.88%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.88%) Terminal Services
4 1 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) SCCM
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 30 (88.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) Apple
2 5 (14.71%) VMware
3 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.88%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.88%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.94%) BT
5 1 (2.94%) IFS